According to the observations of John Bowlby and his colleagues, at which phase would infants who had been separated from their mothers and denied a substitute exhibit a growing hopelessness demonstrated by monotonous crying, inactivity, and steady withdrawal?
A) The first phase - protest
B) The third phase - detachment
C) The second phase - despair
D) The fourth phase - passive

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In Bowlby's attachment theory, the second phase, despair, is characterized by infants showing signs of hopelessness, such as monotonous crying, inactivity, and withdrawal, after being separated from their mothers without a substitute.

According to the Observations of John Bowlby and His Colleagues